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City of Sydney Decentralized Energy Master Plan

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http://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/153282/Renewable-Energy-Master-Plan.pdf

A comprhensive plan for Sydney, Australia to increase reliance on renewable energy. 

Powering Our Communities

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A module of the renewable energy guide for local governments in British Columbia.

San Diego's Changing Climate: A Regional Wake-Up Call

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http://meteora.ucsd.edu/cap/pdffiles/Focus2050glossySDF-ClimateReport.pdf

A forecast of what San Diego will be like in 2050 if we don't make drastic moves toward sustainability. 

San Diego Regional Plan for 100% Renewable Energy

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Peter Meisen and Jeremy Black

A plan for San Diego to become 100% Renewable including statistics and information on potential renewable energy of all types in San Diego.

The San Diego Regional Quality of Life Dashboard

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How is San Diego currently doing in regards to sustainability? How do we compare to other cities? Why is sustainability important?

UN, Microsoft launch computer lab for environmental issues

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NAIROBI, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Microsoft Research and the UN Environment Program (UNEP) on Tuesday launched open source technology that allows scientists to simulate how all organisms on earth interact in a changing environment.

The technology, Madingley, launched by Microsoft's Computational Science Lab and UNEP's World Conservation Monitoring Center (UNEP-WCMC) could help scientists and policy makers will now be able to answer crucial questions previously unanswerable.

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Zambia-Zimbabwe dam on verge of collapsing: report

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The wall of Kariba Dam, one of the world's largest dams measuring 128 meters tall and 579 meters long, has developed weaknesses and may collapse if nothing is done to repair it in the next three years, the report said.
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A hydroelectric dam bordering Zambia and Zimbabwe threatens the lives of 3.5 million people in the southern African region as it is on the verge of collapsing, local newspaper Zambia Daily Mail reported Tuesday.

The wall of Kariba Dam, one of the world's largest dams measuring 128 meters tall and 579 meters long, has developed weaknesses and may collapse if nothing is done to repair it in the next three years, the report said.

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4 percent of Chinese cities report clean air

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Forty-eight percent of days last year in Beijing had clean air, while 16 percent of days suffered heavy air pollution.
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BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Only three out of the 74 Chinese cities that were monitored for air quality last year reported clean air, while the large majority suffered various degrees of pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.

The three cities to meet government-set air quality standards are Haikou, capital of south China's Hainan Province, Zhoushan in east China's Zhejiang Province, and Lhasa, capital of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.

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